Improvement in racks for holding rope-coils



W. SGHARNWEBEB.

Rack for Holding Rope Coils.

No. 216,221. Patented June 3,1879.

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UNITED STATES} PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SOHARNWEBER, OF JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RACKS FOR HOLDING ROPE-COILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 216.221, dated June 3, 1879; application filed December 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SOHARNWEB- ER, of J efi'erson, Cook county, State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Racks for Holding Rope-Coils, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end elevation.

The object of this invention is to provide a device upon which coils or ropes can be mounted, so as to be easily reeled off or unwound, to arrange such coils so as to occupy less space in sales-rooms, and to so arrange the coil of ropes upon or around the shaft that it will be practically centered and balanced; and its nature consists in providing an adjustable or expansible center shaft or frame to fit the cen tral opening through the coil, and in the several combinations hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings, A indicates the base; B, the posts; C, the top plate or connection; a, the spool shafts; 1), their supports; 0, end plates of the spools; d, rods connecting the end plates; 6, nuts for adjusting the space between the end plates and pressing them against the ends of the coils;f, adjustable collars on shafts a, for aiding the holding of the end plates against the coils of rope; and g, holes in the end plates for adjusting the rods 01 to the size of the hole through the coil.

The frame A B is made of wood, and of suflicient Width to take in rope-coils as they are ordinarily wound, and of a height to receive three or more coils, five being shown. The top is connected by the plate 6, or in any suitable manner. The shafts a are supported in the screw-hooks or supports b, which pass through the posts, so as to be loosened at the or nearer to the center, by which means the rods (1, which form the middle of the spool, can be made to fit the holes through the coils and keep them central, and prevent them from slipping or from hanging down, as they will when the hole is large, so that they are uncoiled with difficulty.' 1

By means of the screw-nuts c the end plates are held as tightly as desired against the ends of the coil, and the spool is held in place upon the shaft by the collarsf.

The hook-bolts b can be tightened, so as to prevent any end movement of the shaft a.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the end plates 0 c and shaft or with the rods d and nuts 0 e, for adjusting the length of the spool and giving a pressure to the ends of the rope-coil, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the plates 0, rods d, nuts 0, and one or more collars, f, with the shaft a and supports 11, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM SOHARNWEBEB.

Witnesses:

O. W. BoNn, H. F. BRUNS On the shaft a, which does not neces- They are provided with 

